Judge blocks Pentagon's Anthropic blacklist

AxiosAugust 28, 2026en

A federal judge on Thursday struck down the Pentagon's blacklisting of Anthropic as a supply-chain risk , ruling that the government's actions violated Anthropic's constitutional rights. Why it matters: The ruling marks a major legal victory for Anthropic in its months-long fight with the Trump administration over how the military can use its AI models. Driving the news: U.S. District Judge Rita Lin ruled that the Pentagon's designation of Anthropic as a supply-chain risk was unlawful. "The empty invocation of national security is not a blank check to punish and retaliate against government critics," Lin wrote in her 59-page decision. Lin noted that the Pentagon continued pursuing work with

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